Vending-machine.



A.. B. JONES.-

VENDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 30, 1909.

Patented Mar. 8, 1910.

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ANDREW B. JONES LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY, AS SIGNOR TO CENTRAL VENDINGMACHINE COMPANY, OF'LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY, A. CORPORATION.

VENDING-MACHINE.

Specification of ietters Patent.

Patentedllfar. 191d.

Application filed September 30, 1909. Serial No. 520,279.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW B. Jones, a citizen of the United States,residing at Lexington, in the county of Fayette and State of Kentucky,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vending-dachines,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in vending machines, and theleading object of my invention is the provision of a device of thischaracter adapted to collect a coin for all articles given out by it.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a deviceparticularly adapted for vending envelops.

With these and other objects of a like character in View, my inventionconsists in a vending machine having novel features of construction andcombination and arrangement of parts for service substantially ashereinafter described, and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings,which illustrate a machine constructed in accordance with and embodyingthe general principles of my invention.

Figure 1, represents a front view of the device as it appears whenempty. Fig. 2, represents a side elevation of the device, the wallthereof being cut away. Fig. 3, represents a vertical sectional View onthe line 3-3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4, represents a detailed view of theejecting mechanism, and, Fig. 5, represents a fragmentary view of theactuating and operating levers, the manner of connection thereof by acoin being shown. in dotted lines.

In the drawings, in which similar characters of reference denotecorresponding parts in the various views: The numeral 1, designates thebase of the machine, having arising therefrom the metallic side walls 2and the rear wall 3, said wall 3 preferably having a door therein topermit of access to the interior of the device.

The lower portion l of the front of the device is also formed ofmetallic material, and has formed therein the vertical slot 5 in whichthe actuating lever moves, and the horizontal slot 6 through which theejector operates. As will be seen by reference to Fig. 1, the upperportion 7 of the front is preferably of glass, and may permit anunobstructed view into the interior ofthe device or may have placedthereunder any desired advertisement.

Secured to the base of the machine is the plate 8 bearing the rearwardlyextending curved support 9, and being also provided with the pair ofupstanding lugs 10 which serve as bearings for the rocker shaft 11.Pivotally secured to the end of the support 9 by thecommon pivot 12 arethe actuating lever 13 and the operating lever 1 1, said levers beingadapted to be locked by a coin to move in unison and having thecorresponding recesses 15 and 16 formed in their adjacent faces andadapted to receive the coin. Formed on the lower side of the recess 16on the operating lever 14 is the abut- ?ment shoulder or wall 17 onwhich the coin is adapted to rest, while formed on the inner face of theactuating lever 13 is the lug 18 which bears down upon the coin andfrictionally locks it in place, at the same time serving to move theoperating lever.

FiXedly secured to the rock shaft 11 near its outer end is a lever arm19, said arm having formed on its outer face near the upper end the lug20, said lug being so disposed as i to be contacted with by theoperating 1ever,the pressure on the lug forcing the arm 19 downward androcking the shaft. Secured to the inner end of therock shaft and swungforward by the rocking thereof is the lever 21, while secured to thefree end of the lever 2lis a link 22, the other end of the link beingsecured to the slide 23, bearing the ejector 241. As will be observed byreference to Fig. 1, the slide 23 moves in and is guided by the slot 25formed in the plate 26, the forward end of said plate 26 being securedto the front just below the slot 6 and extending upwardly and rearwardlyat an angle to the front, the plate 26 serving as a support for theenvelops or other goods vended by the machine and being provided withthe pair of spring members 27 which serve to normally retain said "goodsabove the slot 6.

The operation of the machine is as follows: A stack of envelope havingbeen placed in the machine and the doors closed, when it is desired tosecure an envelop from the device, a coin is introduced into the coinchute 28 through the slot 29. The lower end of the chute 28 opensimmediately above the recesses 15 and 16, and any coin in the chutedrops into and is retained in said recesses as has been heretoforedescribed and as is clearly illustrated in Fig. 5. Since the coin nowserves to lock the levers 13 and 14:, the

,ment portion 32 of the latch, while on the .the coin passing throughthe points of condepression of lever 13 carries with it lever 14, andlever 14 in turn contacting with lug 20 on arm 19 rocksthe shaft 11 andmoves lever 21, and thus the slide and ejector connected thereto,forward. As will be observed, the forward end of the ejector has a bendtherein which causes it to lie in a plane above that of the plate 26,and upon its forward movement said end engages under the flap of theenvelop, which is arranged downward in loading the machine, and as theejector continues its movement it draws the envelop downward and forcesit out through the slot o, as will be best understood by reference toFig. 2, the spring members 27 forcing the remaining envelops upward andpreventing them from also passing out through the slot.

The envelop having been delivered, to release the coin which hashitherto been retained in place by its frictional engagement with thelevers, I provide the latch member 30, said latch being forced intooperation by the spring 31. and having intermediate its length theabutment latch member 32, and on its upper end the cam portion As theoperating and actuating levers are depressed, they both pass below theabutreturn movement the abutment 32 engages and retards the movement ofthe operating lever, while the actuating lever continuing upward, thecoin is released from said fric tional engagement and is permitted todrop to the bottom of the machine. The further upward movement of theactuating lever brings it in contact with the cam portion of the latch,and by bearing thereagainst it forces the latch back and out ofengagement with the operating lever and allows it to resume its normalposition. It. will be understood that for returning the parts to normalposition any desired means may be em ployed, that shown, of a springattached to the actuating lever, a spring to the operating lever, andone to the arm on the rock shaft, the other ends of said springs beingsecured to the lug 34; projecting from the side of the machine being thepreferred form.

To further aid in releasing the coin and preventing the same fromsticking in the recesses and thus being used more than once, I form inthe wall 17 back of the diameter of tact the groove 35, and on the lever13 I form a lug 36 adapted to move in said groove, said lug beingadapted to move up through the groove and exerta' camming action againstthe coin to force it out of the recesses as the lever 13 rises while theI lever 14 is locked down by the latch. I

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the drawings,the construc- 1 t-ion and operation of my device will be readilyunderstood and its advantages fully appreciated, and it will be seenthat I provide a strong, simple and durable machine for vending whichwill collect a coin for all goods given out and which will absolutelyprevent the employing of the coin to secure more than one article fromthe machine.

I claim:

1. In a vending machine, the combination with the base. of a supportrising therefrom, a pin projecting from the support, a pair of leversmounted on the pin, said levers having corresponding recesses formed intheir adjacent faces, the levers being adapted to be locked to move inunison by the presence of a. coin of predetermined denomination in therecess, a spring pressed latch member adapted to engage one of thelevers when depressed to retain the same in depressed position, theupward movement of the other lever serving to widen the retaining recessand permit the coin to drop therefrom, and a cam portion on the upperend of the latch member adapted to be engaged by the upwardly movinglever when near the upper limit of its movement. the eontact of thelever with said cam serving to release the latch member and allow thedetained lever to move upward into normal position.

2. In a vending machine, the combination with the base, of a supportprojecting upward therefrom, an actuating and an operating leverpivotally secured to the support, an ejector operated by the operatinglever. abutments carried by the adjacent faces of said levers, means fordelivering a coin into the space between said abutments, said abutmentsbeing so spaced apart as to engage and retain only a coin ofpredetermined denomination, the presence of said coin serving to lockthe levers together, and a spring-pressed catch adapted to engage one ofthe levers when depressed and retain it in said position whilepermitting the other lever to rise, the

upward movement of said lever increasing the distance between theabutments and removing the retaining pressure from the coin. thusallowing the coin to drop from between the abutments into a suitablereceptacle provided therefor, said latch being provided with a camportion adapted to be contacted with by the free lever to force thelatch member out of engagement with the other lever and allow all theparts to resume normal position.

In testimony whereof I aliix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

ANDREIV B. JONES. lVitnesses HENRY MrronuLL,

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